Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] surgery waiting times
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026
Goulburn Valley Health [Shepparton] is a public hospital in Victoria. It reported 70 surgery types to the national planned-surgery collection for 2024–25. 8 surgery types were last reported in an earlier period; they are listed below, with the period the source last carried them.
Waiting times by surgery
Shortest median wait first. A surgery the source did not publish a figure for is listed after those, and a surgery it did not report at all this period is listed last. Neither is ranked, and neither shows an older figure in place of a current one.
| Surgery | Median wait | Surgeries | Waited more than 365 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion) | 3 days | 131 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Curettage and evacuation of uterus | 8 days | 66 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Dialysis access surgery | 9 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| Colectomy/anterior resection/large bowel resection | 13 days | 31 surgeries | not published |
| Hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage | 13 days | 160 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Mastectomy | 14 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Breast lump - excision and/or biopsy | 15 days | 49 surgeries | not published |
| Skin lesion - excision of | 15 days | 186 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Thyroidectomy/hemi-thyroidectomy | 17 days | 26 surgeries | not published |
| Cystoscopy | 20 days | 381 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Myringotomy | 23 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Myringotomy (without insertion of grommets) | 23 days | 14 surgeries | not published |
| Prostate biopsy | 23 days | 67 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Salpingo-oophorectomy/oophorectomy/ovarian cystectomy | 24 days | 17 surgeries | not published |
| Cholecystectomy (open/laparoscopic) | 25 days | 121 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Toenail surgery | 33 days | 12 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroscopy | 40 days | 20 surgeries | not published |
| Hysterectomy (abdominal/vaginal/laparoscopic) | 41 days | 30 surgeries | not published |
| Herniorrhaphy | 43 days | 51 surgeries | 2.0% |
| Inguinal herniotomy/herniorrhaphy | 57 days | 129 surgeries | 0.0% |
| Lithotripsy | 62 days | 11 surgeries | not published |
| Shoulder reconstruction | 62 days | 10 surgeries | not published |
| Total knee replacement | 71 days | 88 surgeries | 8.0% |
| Total hip replacement | 75 days | 64 surgeries | 4.7% |
| Carpal tunnel release | 85 days | 34 surgeries | not published |
| Haemorrhoidectomy | 85 days | 27 surgeries | not published |
| Prostatectomy (transurethral or open) | 94 days | 39 surgeries | not published |
| Acromioplasty/arthroscopy shoulder/sub acromial decompression | 99 days | 15 surgeries | not published |
| Tonsillectomy (with or without adenoidectomy) | 110 days | 87 surgeries | 6.9% |
| Shoulder joint replacement | 163 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Septoplasty | 191 days | 22 surgeries | not published |
| Functional endoscopic sinus surgery | 257 days | 13 surgeries | not published |
| Adenoidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Amputation of limb | not published | not published | not published |
| Anal fissure - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Arthroplasty - revision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Axillary node dissection | not published | not published | not published |
| Bartholin's abscess drainage | not published | not published | not published |
| Circumcision | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Dupytren's contracture release | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Epididymal cyst - removal of | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Female sterilisation | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Fracture non-union - treatment of | not published | not published | not published |
| Fundoplication | not published | not published | not published |
| Ganglion - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Insertion of ventricular peritoneal shunt | not published | not published | not published |
| Laparoscopy | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Large loop excision of the transformation zone cervix (LLETZ) | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Lingual or maxillary frenulum surgery | not published | not published | not published |
| Meniscectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Microlaryngoscopy | not published | not published | not published |
| Muscle or tendon length - change of | not published | not published | not published |
| Myringoplasty/tympanoplasty | not published | 5 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidectomy | not published | 9 surgeries | not published |
| Orchidopexy | not published | 6 surgeries | not published |
| Osteotomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Parathyroidectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Parotidectomy/submandibular gland - excision of | not published | not published | not published |
| Pilonidal sinus surgery | not published | 7 surgeries | not published |
| Pyeloplasty/correction of ureteropelvic junction | not published | not published | not published |
| Radical neck dissection | not published | not published | not published |
| Repair of obstructing hiatus hernia | not published | not published | not published |
| Rotator cuff - repair of | not published | not published | not published |
| Stone/s urinary tract - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Tendon release | not published | not published | not published |
| Thyroglossal remnant - removal of | not published | not published | not published |
| Turbinectomy | not published | not published | not published |
| Vaginal repair - anterior/posterior | not published | 8 surgeries | not published |
| Varicose veins treatment | not published | not published | not published |
| Bladder neck incision last reported 2021–22 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Bunion (hallux valgus) - removal of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Hammer/claw/mallet toe - correction of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Mastoidectomy last reported 2022–23 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Nephrectomy last reported 2016–17 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Pterygium - excision of last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Trabeculectomy last reported 2023–24 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
| Urethra - dilatation of last reported 2019–20 | not reported for this period | not reported for this period | not reported for this period |
Urgency categories
Urgency figures cover all planned surgery at the hospital, not one procedure. They are never combined with the procedure figures. Your treating specialist assigns your urgency category — it is not something you choose.
| Urgency category | Median wait | Treated within the recommended time | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urgent | 12 days | 100% | 1061 surgeries |
| Semi-urgent | 56 days | 68% | 1182 surgeries |
| Non-urgent | 63 days | 89% | 491 surgeries |
What is not here
Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.